UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/RES/12/11 12 October 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council* 12/11. Human rights and transitional justice The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the Protocols Additional thereto of 8 June 1977, other relevant international human rights law and international humanitarian law instruments and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions on human rights and transitional justice (2005/70 of 20 April 2005), impunity (2005/81 of 21 April 2005) and the right to the truth (2005/66 of 20 April 2005), General Assembly resolution 60/147 of 16 December 2005 on the Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law, and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law, as well as Council resolutions 9/10 of 24 September 2008 on human rights and transitional justice and 9/11, also of 24 September 2008, on the right to the truth, Recalling also the report of the Secretary-General on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies (S/2004/616), including the relevant recommendations contained therein, and the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Uniting our strengths: * The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twelfth session (A/HRC/12/50), chap. I. GE.09-16592